*Jaybee smacks the comm button*Ryusei! It's been a while! How come no one told me the Banperios was finished?!?!"Hey, Jay! Uhhh... long story short, the Banperios ISN'T finished. But it's close enough for the moment, as you can see."*The mech leaps off of a large rocket booster it apparently rode out from the hanger on*

Rai: "Captain Lefina should be catching up with us shortly. Hagane's running about a day behind her."

Ryusei: "T-LINK BLADE KNUCKLE!"*The Banperios batters a Barreliion, which stays together through some miracle*

Aya: "We would've gotten to the Moon before you left, but the DC remants decided to raise a fuss on Earth. Hiryu and the Hagane both had to delay departure to put them back down. And Hagane stayed behind to deal with the obligatory attack during orbital lift."

*Ryusei sighs* "You know how that goes."

Yeah... You can't leave Earth without getting in a shooting match. I think the Feddies made that a law recently.So,tell me... what's up with the booster? Were you guys riding that thing JUST to get to the fight before we blew everything up?

Rysuei: "Eh-heh... maybe a little."I'm surprised no one vetoed that. Is this goof rubbing off on you two?

Anyways, you three have great timing. Derek and Sakura there are gonna need a lift as soon as they clean that mess up... unless you wanna do it for them. Ryusei: "Nah. I'd hate to hog all the fun."*The Banperios punches the damaged Barrelion, finishing what it started a moment ago*Rai: "Which is secret code for this idiot here's already drained most of our energy reserves."

Aya: "Honestly, I don't think they need our help, except for the ride. It's only ten... well, four mechs now."

True.

Say, did you wave to the Macross as you flew by? Figured someone should stay behind to watch the Moon, just in case. Britai managed to load it up with some VF-11s before he left. Sure they're getting a little dated, but he got a LOT of them. I don't really want to know where he found all the pilots, though....Actually, the Hagane probably oughta stop at Luna too. Better not to put too many eggs in one basket.

Derek: *Shrugs* You're an idiot, Garaz. Kanzaki could kick you around on his worst day, so what makes you think a little thing like losing an arm is gonna stop me?

Garaz: *Smirks* You talk a good game, Black Wings. Too bad for you, that's all it is. But don't worry. I'll send you to see your partner soon enough, and then you two can talk all you want in the afterlife!

??????: HEART BEAM!!!

Garaz: What the-- *Turns to look*

*A Heart Beam shot passes mere inches away from the Guarlion's front, shooting straight past it and connecting with a Zssa instead. While Garaz might have been lucky enough to not be harmed, the unfortunate Neo Zeon mech is completely destroyed by the attack.*

Garaz: W-WHAT?!? Who the hell did that?!?

??????: I did!

*Fei-Yen jets onto the scene and stops directly between Guarlion and the Deathscythe, bowgun aimed directly at the crest on the Guarlion's front.*

Fuyume: And if you think for a second that I'm gonna let you lay a hand on Derek-sama, you've got another thing coming!

Garaz: Y-you! You're that clockwork doll from before! So, another dog tied to Barona's leash, huh? I should have guessed.

Fuyume: I am not a dog, you obnoxious loser!

Garaz: Obnoxious?!? Why you little...!

Derek: Hey Garaz, word of advice.

Garaz: What is it?!?

Derek: *Leans over and fires the head vulcans right past Fuyume into the Guarlion's frame* Don't ignore the angry guy with a beam scythe.

Garaz: Gah!

Derek: And if you call my niece a dog again, I'm going to make sure they can't even identify the blood stains.

Garaz: Y-you miserable little....

Derek: That doesn't sound like "I'm sorry Mr. Barona, please don't kill me in a spectacular manner." Fuyume, I believe it's time we show Wyvern here just how the Blue Wings family deals with people who insult them. Ready?

Derek, Sakura make yourselves comfortable it will take 2-3 hrs to catch up to the rest of the fleet. Talis did you check the 'scythe?

Talis: "yes and I'm sorry Derek, it can't be fixed till we reach somewhere with better facilities, if at all."

well I guess you'll have to use something else for the time being. I did some rearranging and managed to put the Valsion in the Duragriez hanger if you want to use that or if you think you can handle it I'll let you use the 008X

If you are a man you'll do what's important before you grieve -Captain Harlock

Chaostic, it feels smoother than before with two pilots in it. Maybe we can get Mao's help later to try and recreate the docking platform since it would allow us to use a few more weapons and fold anywhere in the galaxy.

If we can, let's see if we can get 'Scythe moved over to the Peacemillion. Ze--Milliardo's probably got the best chance of anyone of having it fixed, seeing as how Howard's pretty used to working on these things. It'll give him a chance to do a tune-up, anyway. I don't know what the guys at Mao were doing, but 'Scythe shouldn't have been so easily disabled like that.

And don't worry about the 008X, Commander. I had Shining transfered over to the Duragreiz before we left. Between him and Alex, I should be fine for now. I'll take a look at the Val when I get back over there.

C'mon, Fuyume. We need to get back over to the Dura before something happens. Like Masaki and an unmarked corridor.

"Hai, Derek-sama. Do you want a ride?"

You don't have room in there for a pilot, do you?

"I've got just enough room for one passenger. It's a little cramped, but..."

Alexis must have seriously toyed with this thing's design in order to add that. But hey, it's better than nothing. Let's go.

"Okay! Watch your legs...."

dragonmasterjb0: Apparently, in the new series, Lina is arrested at one point on charges of being Lina Inverse.

The rest of the party, in typical Slayers fashion, gives a reaction to the effect of "Sounds reasonable."